A weekend of fun and firsts!

We had a great labor day weekend. I hope you enjoy the slide show of pictures.

We drove to Superior on Saturday morning. The kids rode with my mom and dad and watched DVD's all the way there. They did stop once to potty and luckily Will and Grace both made it to Superior with NO accidents. They both did great pottying for the rest of the weekend, only one accident for Grace the whole time we were there. We played a little at my grandma and grandpa's house after lunch, then the kids took a nap. They slept on their air mattresses/sleeping bag combo on the floor in the basement. It was a little tempting to play, but they eventually fell asleep. The wedding we went to started at 6, and the kids stayed behind with grandpa and great-grandpa and ate dinner, then we picked them up for the reception. They sat at the table and nibbled on our dinner while we ate, then they ate a piece of cake (they would tell you it was the best part of the "party"). Then the music started. I thought they might be a little freaked out, but they went out and played with the other kids that were there. They also did a lot of dancing with us. Brian and Grace danced a lot and every time Brian would stop she would say "Don't stop, I want more dancing, Daddy!" We finally left about 9:45. It was dark, of course, when we left and it occurred to me that the kids aren't out in the dark very often, they're usually in bed. The whole time home they talked about the dark and stars and moon they saw. They were still talking about it today. We came home Sunday morning after breakfast. They made it home with no potty accidents, too!

Funny story. They were asleep on their air mattresses and in the middle of the night we heard "Daddy! Daddy!" Brian went over (we were sleeping on the pull out couch across the room) and knelt by Will's bed. Will said "Daddy where's my bed?" But, his voice wasn't coming from his bed, it was coming from behind the bed a few feet away. Brian picked him and started to put him back into his bed, but there was something in there. It turned out to be Xander. We think Xander fell out of bed in the middle of the night and crawled back into a bed, but it was Will's bed. We don't know if Xander crawling in made Will fall out, or if he had already fallen out. So, Brian put Xander back in the right bed and put Will back to bed. Then all was well.

We spent the rest of the weekend working! We have completed phase 2 of the project. Phase 2, if you remember, was putting the office in the basement, which we have done. It's a little weird having the computer in the basement, but I think we'll get used to it. Monday began phase 3. We got the boys' new bedroom (the old office) painted. As soon as we get the garage sale over with this week, it will be cleaned out and ready for furniture. We will paint Grace's room sometime in the next week. All their new furniture comes the 11th, so we will be ready! I will be glad to get all these projects over with!!!

Just a quick update on Grace's potty training, to add to what I wrote before. She is much different than Will to potty train. She's been having moments of sheer brilliance (like in Superior) and moments of complete rebellion and frustration (like Monday when she had 5 accidents in 3 hours). So, it's very hot and cold with her. Today has been good, though. So, hopefully she can continue that and keep going up. That's all for now. Another weekend of firsts coming up (their first stay in a hotel room) so I'm sure I'll be full of stories and pictures next week.